Or in philosophical language, theists conceive of God as the prime reality, the ontological basis of reality, from which everything else comes, including matter, energy, space, and time. Given this conception,
But this is nothing like Bloke with a beard who gives a damn if two men lie with each other. The whole book is a defense of jehovah. At best it is a defense of a intelligent creation. Note that creation does not imply Creator. Consciousness might create itself.